About 15 persons were on Sunday night kidnapped at the 1, 000 Housing Estate along the Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja.
Chairman of Pegi Residents Association, Taiwo Aderibigbe, disclosed to newsmen on Monday, that among the victims was a staff of the FCT Department of Development Control.
The gunmen who reportedly launched the daring attack at about 11:30 pm, shot sporadically into the air and took away several persons who were returning from the city at the time.
According to Aderibigbe, “Gunmen abducted 15 persons along the abandoned 14-kilometre Pegi road. Out of those kidnapped is one Shuaibu Misa, a staff with the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
“We also observed that the husband of the woman who sells second-hand clothing at the main entrance to the estate was among the people kidnapped while they were returning from work.
“The kidnappers have not contacted the families of those abducted at the moment, but we are still trying to identify other residents abducted”
This has been confirmed by the Director, FCT Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, saying one of his staff was a victim.
“Yes, it is true. One of our drivers by name Shuaibu Misa was kidnapped and he has not been released”, he said.
